Bob Stannard: Keep on truckin’? Maybe not

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Bob Stannard, an author, musician and former lobbyist. This piece first appeared in the Bennington Banner.
The year is 1995. The place is the Dominican Republic. Thirty-plus men, some Dominican and some Haitian are walking to work. They are dressed rather smartly in khaki pants and polo shirts. They arrive at their job site and immediately begin to disrobe caring little that they have an audience. They remove their fine clothes and replace them with the